Bongzilla
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Bongzilla is a stoner metal band from Madison, Wisconsin
. As their name suggests, most of their material is related to marijuana
and promotes its legalization. The band formed in 1995, and over the next three years recorded and released a dozen songs on EPs and split singles. In 1998 they signed to Relapse Records
, and have since released four studio albums and a live album through the label.
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
. As their name suggests, most of their material is related to marijuana
Cannabis (drug)
Cannabis, also known as marijuana among many other names, refers to any number of preparations of the Cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug or for medicinal purposes. The English term marijuana comes from the Mexican Spanish word marihuana...
and promotes its legalization. The band formed in 1995, and over the next three years recorded and released a dozen songs on EPs and split singles. In 1998 they signed to Relapse Records
Relapse Records
Relapse Records is an independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990.-History:The label was started by Matthew F. Jacobson in August, 1990 in his parents' basement in Aurora, Colorado...
, and have since released four studio albums and a live album through the label.
Current members
- Mike Makela ("Muleboy") - vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker... - Jeff Schultz ("Spanky") - guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
- "Dixie" Dave Collins - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Mike Henry ("Magma") - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Previous members
- Nate "Weed Dragon" Dethlefsen - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Cooter Brown - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
Discography
| Year | Title | Type | Label | Notes | |
| 1996 | Mixed Bag | EP | Rhetoric Records | ||
| 1997 | "Budgun/THC" | EP | Pinecone Records | Released as a split with Meatjack | |
| 1998 | "Brownie/Gungeon" | EP | Rhetoric Records | Released as a split with Cavity Cavity (band) Cavity was an American sludge metal band from Miami, Florida. They formed in 1992 and broke up around 2003. Steve Brooks and Juan Montoya would go on to play in Torche and Floor... |
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| 1998 | "Witch Weed" | EP | HG Fact Records | Released as a split with Hellchild | |
| 1998 | "Hemp for Victory" | EP | Thunder Lizard Records | ||
| 1998 | Methods for Attaining Extreme Altitudes Methods for Attaining Extreme Altitudes (EP) Methods for Attaining Extreme Altitudes is the debut EP by stoner metal band Bongzilla. It was released on 12" vinyl only in January 1998 by Relapse Records. In 2007 it was re-released by Modus Operandi on green vinyl... |
EP | Relapse Records | Re-released in 2007 by Modus Operandi | |
| 1999 | Stash | Studio album | Relapse Records | Re-released in 2007 by Relapse on CD coupled with Methods... Methods for Attaining Extreme Altitudes (EP) Methods for Attaining Extreme Altitudes is the debut EP by stoner metal band Bongzilla. It was released on 12" vinyl only in January 1998 by Relapse Records. In 2007 it was re-released by Modus Operandi on green vinyl... |
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| 2000 | Apogee Apogee (Album) Apogee is the second full-length album by stoner metal band Bongzilla. The album was released in May 2000 by Ritual Records, and re-released in 2004 by Relapse Records. It contains three songs recorded in the studio and four recorded at a live concert.... |
Studio album | Relapse Records | ||
| 2001 | Shake: The Singles | Compilation album | Barbarian Records | Contains all EP and compilation tracks | |
| 2002 | Gateway | Studio album | Howling Bull America | ||
| 2004 | Live from the Relapse Contamination Festival | Live album | Relapse Records | ||
| 2005 | Amerijuanican Amerijuanican Amerijuanican is the fourth full-length album by stoner metal band Bongzilla. It was released in September 2005 by Relapse Records. The album title is a portmanteau of the words "American" and "marijuana". It was the band's first album to feature new member "Dixie Dave" on bass... |
Studio album | Relapse Records | ||
| 2008 | Nuggets | Compilation Album | Barbarian Records | ||
Other appearances
- 1998: "Satan's Calling" on Painkiller Volume II (Devastating Soundworks)
- 1999: "Trinity (live)" and "Witch Weed (live)" on He's No Good To Me Dead (Game Two Records)
- 2001: "Gestation (live)" on Twin Threat To Your Sanity (Riotous Assembly)
External links
- Bongzilla on Relapse Records
- Bongzilla at MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
- Bongzilla at ARTISTdirectARTISTdirectFounded in 1994, Artistdirect, Inc. is an online digital media entertainment company. It owns several websites including Artistdirect.com, UBL.com and the Artistdirect Network...
- Bongzilla at Encyclopaedia MetallumEncyclopaedia MetallumEncyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives is a website which lists bands from various forms of heavy metal music...
- Bongzilla at MusicMightMusicMightMusicMight, formerly Rockdetector is a rock music website which provides artist and product information through a global website and an ongoing book series...
- Bongzilla at Spirit of Metal